DASI ID: ID: 6103
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 33 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1Ṯwbm, ḥmẓ (or, ḥmw) of the family Ys²r, servant of 2the family ʿṯkln, dedicated to ʾlmqh, Lord of 3ʾwm, the statue which He sought from him for the 4safety of his son Whbṯwn, of the family Ys²r, and 5may He grant to him a child and perfect outcome.
Translation Notes:
1Jamme translates ḥmẓ "skinner", Beeston translates ḥmw "cognate".
Chronological
Period: C (conjectural)
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Base → Of statue with dedicatory inscription
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 17.2, w. 21.6, th. 8.1
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Totschläger
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: God
Symbol Reference Text: ʾlmqh
Letter Measure: 2.9
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: MaMB 214
Spatial
Site: Maḥram Bilqīs, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: ʾwm
Type of Site: Religious area with a necropolis
Deposit:
settlement: Mārib
private Collection: false
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